Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really talked ...

The unusually direct U.S. intervention in Lebanon's sectarian politics appears aimed at capitalizing on shifts in the power balance in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, with Iran-backed Hezbollah ...

The notorious Saydnaya prison complex 'is pretty much emptied of any documents', a UN official says — Sameer AL-DOUMY Despite concerns about the destruction of documents and other indications of ...

"She was a national figure. That is why people did not just call her Umm Kulthum -- they called her El-Set (The Lady)," she told AFP. This year, her story is set to return to the big screen in a new ...

Sudan's paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, in a rare video address on Friday, acknowledged setbacks in the capital Khartoum but vowed to expel the army from the city again. The war since ...

If the walls of the Atifet Apartment block could talk, they’d tell stories of art, glamour and reinvention. Lale Belkis, Turkey’s first model and a cultural icon of the sixties and seventies, has once ...

ICRC buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel driving through the town of Beitunia near Ramallah — Zain JAAFAR The Red Cross, accused of not doing enough to help hostages in Gaza or ...

You're reading AL-Monitor City Pulse — Dubai, a guide to the city’s nightlife and proliferating music and food scene, as the Gulf metropolis solidifies its status as a regional culture hub. To get ...

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday in anticipation of two Israeli hostages being released. Onlookers ...

A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai's international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, extending a post-pandemic tear that exemplifies the city's economic boom. The ...

Riders compete during the first stage of the AlUla Tour cycling race from al-Manshiyah Train station to the al-Manshiyah Train Station, a 142.7 kilometers ride, in Alula, northwestern Saudi Arabia on ...

The Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed two people in separate overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, including one in Jenin, where the Israeli military is ...